Roger I of Sicily

Roger I Guiscard of Sicily (1031-1101) was the King of Sicily from 1071 to 1101.

Biography
The youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fressenda, Roger was the younger brother of Robert Guiscard. He partook in the invasion of southern Italy alongside his brother and commanded some of the Norman cavalry in the Battle of Civitate in 1053. In 1071 he became the Count of Sicily while his brother became the Duke of Calabria and Apulia, and he established alliances with the Holy Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire.

Under Roger's rule, Sicily conquered Durazzo (Dyrrhachium) in present-day Albania from Greek rebels, and took control of Sardinia and Tunisia from other rebels. Roger married his daughter Matilda of Sicily to Prince Henry of the Holy Roman Empire and married his son Simon to Princess Anna Komnenos to form an alliance with the Byzantine Empire. In 1091, he conquered Malta from the Qadi of Mdina, who was a Muslim ruler. Roger died in 1101, and was succeeded by Simon.

Personality

 * Faction Leader
 * Promising Commander
 * Talent for Command
 * Confident Attacker
 * Political Animal